362 Dr. G. A. Walker-Arnott on Hypericum Anglicum. 



utrumque latus intra angulum anticum tuberculo calvo minus 

 exstante armatus, angulo antico ipso incrassato tuberculum spini- 

 forme vix formante, undique dense ferrugineo-squamosus et in 

 medio longitudinaliter levissime canaliculars (canalicula antice in 

 carinam mergente). Elytra punctis irregularibus vix albidioribus 

 squamosis bine inde irrorata, posterius paulatim et facile (sed di- 

 stincte) attenuata, ad apicem ipsum pilosa truncata et singulatim 

 subito excavata, fere spinas quatuor efficientia. Antennae circa 

 corporis longitudine, nigrse, articulis ad basin plus minus albidiori- 

 bus. Pedes validi, plus minus ferrugineo irrorati ; tar sis latis, 

 subtus densissime spongioso-setulosis. 



Like the last insect, the present one has been lately received 

 in London from Cambogia, and forms an important addition to 

 the Coleopterous fauna of that region. The genus Niphona is 

 principally an East-Indian one ; nevertheless species have been 

 discovered at Natal and other parts of Southern Africa, and 

 one (the N. saperdoides) has been described by Mulsant even 

 from Algeria and the south of Europe. The N. Regis-Ferdinandi 

 has some affinity with the N. cylindracea from the East Indies, 

 although widely distinct therefrom specifically. The habits 

 of the Niphonce are rather peculiar ; and I am informed by my 

 friend T. V. Wollaston, Esq., of London, that there is a species 

 from Sumatra, in the Collection of the British Museum, which 

 has the following note, relating to its mode of life, appended 

 to it : — 



" Sumatra, May 1818. . . . Attaches itself strongly to smooth 

 flat surfaces, for which the inferior part of the tarsi seems pecu- 

 liarly to be adapted, — being in a manner scutellate, like the feet 

 of the Gecko, common Fly, and Dytiscus, They have great 

 strength in the antennse, which they seem to use as levers for 

 removing obstructions and turning themselves." 

 Lisbon, Oct. 15, 1860. 



XLVIII. — Note on Hypericum Anglicum. 

 By G. A. Walker-Arnott, LL.D. 



The history of Hypericum Anglicum is given by Mr. Babington 

 in the Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vol. xi. p. 360, and 

 vol. xv. p. 92. At first Mr. Babington was disposed to assign this 

 name to what he was afterwards satisfied was H. hircinum, a 

 south of Europe species, cultivated and perhaps now naturalized 

 near Cork. Afterwards he more correctly transferred it to spe- 

 cimens he had received from Plymouth, and to others he had 

 seen in Dr. Balfour's herbarium. While preparing the eighth 

 edition of the ( British Flora/ this species much embarassed me. 

 I possessed no specimens from this country at all agreeing with 



